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Heywood Broun

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The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts.


— Heywood Broun


#love

Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.


— Heywood Broun


#censorship #writing #censorship

Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.


— Heywood Broun


#brotherhood #come #comradeship #happy #happy life

Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.


— Heywood Broun


#being #everybody #favours #free #free speech

A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.


— Heywood Broun


#objection #refuge #scoundrel #technical

Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other.


— Heywood Broun


#granite #great #hearts #hell #hell is

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.


— Heywood Broun


#build #character #reveal

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.


— Heywood Broun


#beasts #beings #characteristic #chief #distinguishes

The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.


— Heywood Broun


#heart #pure #read #threat #young

The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by men. It is all part of a great scheme of sex propaganda.


— Heywood Broun


#casual #cooking #examination #fact #great






About Heywood Broun






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Personal life
On June 7 1917 Broun married writer-editor Ruth Hale a feminist who a few years later co-founded the Lucy Stone League an organization that fought for women to keep their maiden names after marriage in the manner of Lucy Stone. Broun worked at the New York Tribune from 1912–1921 rising to drama critic before transferring to the New York World (1921–28). However in the final sentence he wrote "Mr.

Born in Brooklyn New York he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and his championing of the underdog. He founded the American Newspaper Guild now known as The Newspaper Guild.

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